Mystery Diesel Spill; New York, NY

New York, NY | 2006-Sep-22

Initial Notification: On 9/21/06 at approximately 0600 EDT, USCG Sector NY was notified by passing vessels of a mystery fuel oil spill in New York Harbor. Heavy sheen is reported in the from north of the VZ Bridge to east of the Bayonne Bridge. Sector New York is currently investigating the source and responding to this information. A CG team has reported a heavy rainbow sheen with no recoverable product in the vicinity of Bayonne Bridge on the New Jersey side. A NYPD overflight reports that the fuel oil may have entered Newark Bay. A CG Auxiliary Flight is scheduled to evaluate for the area. NOAA was requested to provide WX and trajectory